Mount Blaxland (New South Wales)

Mount Blaxland
Map
Highest point
Elevation901 m (2,956 ft)
Coordinates33°32′51″S 150°06′20″E / 33.54750°S 150.10556°E / -33.54750; 150.10556 (Mount Blaxland)
Naming
EtymologyGregory Blaxland
Geography
LocationCentral Tablelands
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
A sketch of Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth's route across the Blue Mountains in 1813 prepared by F Walker in 1913. The Great Western Road has been inserted to show how closely it has followed the track of the explorers in its general direction.

Mount Blaxland, actually a hill, is located about 15 kilometres south of Lithgow.[1] It was the furthest point reached by Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth on their historic 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains.[2]

The name was bestowed upon it by Surveyor-General George Evans when, later in 1813, Evans arrived at the terminal point of Blaxland's expedition. Two other smaller conical shaped hills on the opposite side of a nearby stream were named, by Evans, Wentworth's Sugar-Loaf and Lawson's Sugar-Loaf.[2]

Mount Blaxland is located on private property at South Bownfels, south of Lithgow, owned by Glen Ryan. Glen runs cattle on about 1800 hectares of land.[3] Glen sold the Farm in 2020.

  1. ^ Geographical Names Board & NSW Topograhical Map
  2. ^ a b The Journal of Gregory Blaxland, 1813, note 4. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  3. ^ Crossing the Blue Mountains: from bush tracks to highways Retrieved 9 March 2014.